The
chair introduced the new Planning Commission member, Stephen King.He is a new resident of Midland.He just finished his masters
degree from Michigan State University and is the DDA Director for the City of
Ithaca.

2.Approval
of Minutes

Moved by Kozakiewicz, seconded
by Hanna, to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of September 11, 2007.

3.Public Hearing

a.Site Plan No. 267 from Mark Robinson &
Associates, on behalf of

Midland
Investments, a request for site
plan review and approval for a 10,000 square foot expansion at 3600 Centennial
Drive.

Mr. Baker gave an overview of the site plan.The property is zoned Industrial A and
surrounded by Industrial A.This
property adjoins industrial property on all sides so there is no screening
required.The project must comply with
the city storm water ordinance.There
are no health or safety concerns.The
dumpster is screened by two walls in addition to the exterior wall of the
building.The existing sign is
identified and no new sign is proposed.It
is subject to the contingency items.

Mr. Senesac asked if the petitioner provided the
calculations for the parking spaces.The
48 parking spaces are within the ordinance, 41 being the minimum.

Michael Fox, Ingenuity IQ, stated that they lease from
the people with Midland Investments.The
company basically works with major clients providing clean air handling
equipment.They operate research and
development facilities throughout Michigan, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania and
northern Kentucky.This facility will
house a lot of the support facilities.They currently have 30 people and project to have 70 people by
2010.Paul Haselhuhn, of Mark Robinson &
Associates, and Jerry Schafer works with Mark and Paul.

Ms. Hanna asked if they do the fabrication in the
facility.

They did sheet metal, piping and plumbing but not
any more.They help existing buildings
to operating cleaner and healthier.

No one spoke in favor or opposition of this
petition.

b.Site
Plan No. 268 from Latitude Engineering & Surveying, Inc. on behalf of
Suburban Inns, a request
for site plan review and approval for a 100,000 square foot hotel at 810 Cinema
Drive.

Mr. Poprave gave an overview of the project.It is located north of Cinema Drive and US-10
and south of Joe Mann Boulevard.The property
is zoned Regional Commercial.Three new
curb cuts are proposed for this project.It is going to be a five story building.There will be a 100 person conference facility plus a restaurant.The storm water pond behind Kohl’s was sized
for this development.They are proposing
to adjust the size of the pond and build a retaining wall in order to fit the
parking lot.Five foot sidewalks will
be constructed.On the south side there
is a paved non-motorized path.There
will be four fire hydrants.

Ms Hanna asked about dumpsters being located by the
seating area of the outside eating area.On the east side it appears there is a discrepancy to where the property
line is.They have to purchase more
property since they had to take some of the storm water.They are adjusting it due to the storm
water.Shared parking is allowed.

Mr. Kozakiewicz asked if there are any plans on
improving Cinema Drive.It will be paved
this fall.

Mr. Senesac stated that the pond needs to have a
fence around it.The retaining wall will
include fence.

Ms. Brown asked if this is the second Holiday Inn or
it is being relocated from Wackerly Street.

Brian Beukema, 6407 Valencia Drive, Rockford, Michigan,
Peter Beukema, father, and Travis Underhill, Civil Engineer, gave a rundown
about Suburban Inns.The dumpster
location in regards to the patio is set up as a service and entrance area.The patio on the south side is where the
outdoor seating will be.The east
property line is set in stone per the drawing.The property was not officially owned when they put the proposed
property line on the drawing.It is
under contract.Bennett Construction will
definitely close that deal because they are getting a driveway.Cinema Drive improvements are on
schedule.The fence around the pond will
actually be mounted on top of a concrete retaining wall per loading
requirements and soil characteristics.It will be a poured concrete wall.They would like to maintain a green belt surrounding the property.

Peter Beukema stated that they are big on curb appeal.They represent a very polished business.In light of that, on the pond side they
wanted to screen the buildings.Kohl’s
is the only building that is finished on the back side.He is hoping to work with the adjoining
property owners to see if they could add some trees on the other side of the
pond to screen for them.The dumpster
would not be seen at all.It will be
missed by the view from the guests also.

Travis Underhill stated that the normal water level
will not be touched.He has been working
with Mr. Maki and they have that resolved.

Mr. Eyre asked about the temporary loading
area.Does that take away any
parking?

Peter Beukema stated that when the trucks are there
loading and unloading they are in and out after 9:00 a.m. and the parking lot
is quiet.

Ms. Hanna was looking at the east side, which is the
front and sees one handicapped space.Is
that adequate for the lobby area?

The handicapped rooms are stacked up in two places
in the building and in most instances the handicapped spots are in the rear of
the building where the elevator is located. This hotel will be replacing the
existing Holiday Inn.

Mr. Mead asked about the retaining wall and it seems
to be a little bit questionable.

You will only see the retaining wall from the back.Between the fence and parking lot there will
be spruce trees because of the good looks and volume there will be a row of
cedar trees between the fence and parking lot.There is about six and a half feet between the retaining wall and
curb.

Mr. Gaynor asked if they own the current Holiday
Inn.

They don’t but the current Holiday Inn’s franchise
is currently expired.

Ms. Hanna asked about the parking when semi trucks
come in and where do they park their rigs.

They are upper mid-market.Where the room rates are they won’t get any
truckers in their hotel.They build all
their hotels in areas where they are a destination with reservations and they
are prebooked.Trucks don’t fall into
that category.

No one spoke in favor or opposition to the petition.

c.Site
Plan No. 271 from Greater Midland Community Center, a request for site plan
review and approval for a new parking lot, recreation fields, walking paths,
playground and a 16,500 square foot curling club at 2001 George Street.

Mr. Mead
will be leaving early to meet his new grandchild.

Mr. Poprave gave an overview of the
project.It is located west of Jefferson

Avenue
and borders Central Park.A request was
before you at an earlier meeting to vacate George Street.They also had a zoning map change, which was
done recently.This parcel is now
entirely zoned community.In summary
there will be one new curb cut for this development.The community center has been at this site
for over 50 years so they will retain the parking that they have now.This is a well planned project.The development will adhere to the
landscaping requirements.There will be
an underground detention system.The
parking spaces cannot go right up to the property lines.Pedestrian and vehicular access has been proposed.All exterior lighting shall comply with the
zoning ordinance.They want to put all
parking close to the building.

An
extra contingency item that can be added is that the vacation of George Street
be approved by City Council.

Mr.
Gaynor asked about them building in phases, will that include the parking lot.

Mr.
Eyre asked about the two existing parking lots behind the community center and
who owns them and are they included in the total parking spaces.

They
are owned by both the City of Midland and the Community Center.They have a cross access and maintenance agreement
with the city so they can use the lot but those lots are not included in the
parking count.They can only count what
is on their private property.

Mr.
Baker stated that the staff was comfortable with the experience with the
current facility and that they maintain what parking they have.

Mr.
Mead stated that the box style parking spots are different in other parking
lots.What is the minimum distance
between aisle width?

The
aisle width is 22 feet for one-way and 24 feet for two-way.If the parking is maximized, it is difficult
to get through some of the existing parking lots.

One
of the things they want to do is have construction time during a slow
period.They can phase it in and close
parts of the parking lots at different times.The curling center has really sparked their new project.It may be timed right with all of this and
not have to close parking.The curling
club operates during the winter time period, October through early March.They operate evenings and weekends which is
opposite the child care hours.This plan
is going to be more than adequate for future needs.

Mr.
Senesac asked how many sheets of ice they will have.

It
will be what they have now, four sheets with a viewing area.

Ms.
Hanna asked about the homes that face on State Street.

They
would like somebody to buy them and put them back on the roll.There are houses on Jefferson and they would
love somebody to move them.The other
two would not be able to be saved.

Mr.
King asked about the green space and shrubs and if that would block visibility.

Mt.
Tointon stated they want it to be both save and beautify.They will be below 30 inches.

The
parking lot will be screened on the west side.They currently have a fence and some vegetation.They want to find as many ways to make sure
they are screening houses but have access points.They are pulling the parking lot back with both
the lights and cars from where it is now.

Collins
Streets will have a more defined intersection.

Dave
Gray, 1618 Jefferson Avenue, he is in support of the changes.The safety issues being addressed are well
needed.It is going to be something new
and fresh in that area.They are losing
some dilapidated houses that were in the neighborhood.They will start seeing some neighborhood
pride.There are lots of young children
so it will be nice to see a public area for them to play in both at the
basketball court and the playground.They do look directly at the south end of the parking lot.He can vouch that the parking lot is never
full.There are never cars parked at the
south end of the parking lot.

No
one spoke in opposition to the petition.

4.Public Comments (not related to agenda items)

None

5. New Business

None

6.Old
Business

a.Site
Plan No. 264 from MidMichigan Medical Center – Midland, a request for site plan review and approval for a
67,000 square foot addition to the Harlow Building at 4005 Orchard Drive.

Mr. Poprave gave an overview for this middle
meeting.It is located north of West
Sugnet and east of Orchard Drive.It is
located in the community zone.They have
submitted the rezoning petition.They
have a more detailed plan.They have
increased the number of fire hydrants.The canopy has a height of 14 feet for dial a ride buses to fit
under.They show the flow of traffic at
the round about at West Sugnet.They will
have a 67,000 square foot addition.They
are going to construct an additional 220 parking spaces.There has been some understanding with the
engineering department on the storm water issues.

Mr. Eyre asked about the parking. Have they met the
parking requirement?

10.The drop-off canopy adjacent to the main
entrance maintains at least 14 feet of under canopy clearance.

11.All roof and ground mounted mechanical
equipment shall be screened in accordance with Section 6.02(E)2
of the Zoning Ordinance.

12.All parking spaces are delineated with “box”
style striping per Section 5.01(D)3 of the Zoning
Ordinance.

13.All signage shall adhere to Article 8 of the
Zoning Ordinance.

Mr. Senesac asked which of the 13 are
ready to be marked off.

They
are all done. They either made a
commitment or completed them.All of
these are addressed and have the confidence from both you and the city
council.1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 would
come off.The rest of them are
standard.They could add the rezoning if
they would like.

Mr.
Senesac asked if the rezoning did not go through what would
they do.

They
would have to find another lot.It would
be further from the front door and employees might have to walk further.They have the land to meet it.They banked the land for future parking
requirements.

Ms.
Svenson asked about the rezoning and why didn’t they put it in at the same
time.

At
the time, they didn’t know that part of the property was zoned residential.It was an administrative over site.

Mr.
Eyre asked about the mechanical yard.

It
is going to be full brick to match the building.

Ms.
Hanna motioned to extend the meeting since they are close to the time deadline
seconded by Kozakiewicz.All
approved.

Kathleen Kemp, 1800 N Stark Road, in favor of the hospital
expansion.She is retired from
the medical field.She is concerned
about the many infections.She was
instructed to speak privately with Mr. Lind about operational issues.

No
one spoke in favor or in opposition to this petition.

b.Site
Plan No. 266 from Wilcox Professional Services, on behalf of The Dow Chemical
Company, a request for site plan review and approval
for a 103 stall parking lot addition at 3200 James Savage Road.

Diane
Brown would like to be excused from the voting due to a conflict of interest.It was moved by Senesac and seconded by
Kozakiewicz.The motion was approved.

Mr.
Baker gave a brief geographic overview.The property is currently zoned IA .There has been no additional communications
since the last meeting.There are seven
contingencies.

Mr.
Eyre asked if any neighbors to the south corresponded.

Ms.
Hanna asked why they would have to put in a sidewalk if it is industrial.Is that typical?

This
being not platted and a major road and sidewalk to the north they are requiring
them to make the connection to the existing sidewalk.

It
was moved by Hanna and seconded by Kozakiewicz to recommend City Council
approval of Site Plan No. 266 based upon the following contingencies:

1.The
stormwater detention system is designed and constructed in accordance with the
City of Midland Engineering Department specifications.

5.All
parking spaces shall comply with Section 5.01(d) of the Zoning Ordinance and be
delineated by the “box” style striping.

6.Sidewalk
shall be installed along Waldo Avenue.

7.Parking
to be increased in excess of Section 5.1(c) (7) to allow the new construction
of 103 stalls for total site parking of 334 parking stalls.

Mr.
Senesac stated that with the number of employees he feels it is adequate.Mr. Eyre agrees

YEA:Eyre, Gaynor, Hanna, Kozakiewicz, Senesac
and Svenson

NAY: None

ABSENT:Mead

ABSTAIN:Brown and King

The
motion was approved 6-0.

cSite Plan No. 262 from Three Rivers
Corporation on behalf of the City of Midland Currie Golf Course, a
request for site plan review and approval for a 11,070 square foot proposed
golf cart building at 1116 Currie Parkway.

Dan
Kozakiewicz would like to be excused from the voting due to conflict of interest.Hanna moved and Senesac seconded.All approved.

Mr.
Poprave presented the petition and it is located north of Currie Parkway and
east of the Currie West Club House.It
adheres to all the setbacks.It is
surrounding by dense vegetation.The parking
is already built as part of the Currie West Club House.Storm water detention is not needed since it
is located in the flood plain.

Keith
Wirth, Three Rivers Corporation, 3069 Vantage Point, Midland, noted that the
building elevation is six feet over existing grade due to the flood plain.They are waiting for the DEQ approval.They have to have a fire alarm in the
building.They will mimic the character
of the Currie Club House.They will
store over 80 golf carts, grounds keeping equipment and a locker room.

Mr.
Eyre thinks it is good project.

It
was moved by Eyre and seconded by Brown to recommend City Council approval of
Site Plan No. 262 based upon the following contingencies:

2.All parking shall be delineated by
“box” style striping per Section 5.01(D)3 of the
Zoning Ordinance.

YEA:Brown, Eyre, Gaynor, Hanna, Mead, Senesac
and Svenson

NAY: None

ABSENT:Mead

ABSTAIN:King and Kozakiewicz

The
motion was approved 7-0.

c.Draft
Master Plan and Future Land Use Map – provide a
comprehensive long-range guide to managing growth, development and
redevelopment in the community for a period of up to 20 years.

Robert
Cramer, LSL Planning, it has been two years leading up to tonight’s meeting
with research, public involvement and the work of the Planning Commission to
get there.Potential changes that will
be edited by the Planning Commission approval.Things that will get changed before it goes out to City
Council for public hearing.

Mr.
Kozakiewicz suggested they remove the wetlands and flood plain designation from
the future land use.Mr. Gaynor
agrees.Ms. Hanna believes they should
stay and it helps to know what area is buildable.

Mr.
Eyre thinks there should be some type of reference.Ms. Brown agrees with that approach.

Kozakiewicz
made a motion and Brown seconded to move to not include the designation for
sensitive natural areas on the future land use map but have some reference to
it in the master plan. Brown
seconded.The motion passed by a vote 6
to 1.

Not
having been involved in the process, Mr. King was abstaining from all Master
Plan votes.

They
agree on the Ingersoll Township change.

A
motion was made by Hanna and seconded by Gaynor to approve the Ingersoll Township
changes.The motion passed by a vote 7
to 0.

Non-motorized pathways.

A
motion was made by Kozakiewicz and seconded by Hanna that they revise #5 to
simply state that they would recommend that the master plan incorporate the
language that non-motorized pathways be evaluated into the new transportation
plan.The motion passed by a vote 7 to
0.

Parks
Implementation

A
motion was made by Gaynor and seconded by Hanna that the parks implementation
section should include that the city should investigate parks or park lands in
the north west side of the city.The motion passed by a vote 7 to 0.

The
Principal Shopping district boundary was brought up to include some and exclude
others.They should make a revision to
the map of the businesses that want to be included into the district.

It
was moved by Hanna and seconded by Brown to make the revision to the principal
shopping district.The motion passed by
a vote of 7 to 0.

Kathleen
Kemp, 1800 N Stark Road, are they going to have some
response to her father’s letter on his 20 acre parcel.She then proceeded to read a letter and show
a map of where the 20 acre parcel is located.She would like the parcel to be residential on the master plan.

Mr.
Kozakiewicz asked if Lincoln Township formally responded and they did and was
favorably.

Mr.
Gaynor spoke that they don’t have to be part of the City of Midland or change
their land or how they develop it.The
future land use map is what they would like to see there but they don’t have to
do that.That particular area of town
will see a higher usage because it is close to US-10.

Ms.
Hanna would like to applaud Ms. Kemp for speaking on her property rights.

It
was moved by Gaynor and seconded by Eyre for a new pathways map.

I
hereby move by Senesac and seconded by Hanna that the City of Midland Planning
Commission adopts the City of Midland Master Plan, in accordance with Section 6
of Michigan Public Act 285 of 1931, as amended, with the following changes:

PSP

Pathways

Remove
the wetlands and flood plain from the Future Land Use Map

Non-motorized
transportation

Ingersoll
Township

NW
area of city for park language

YEAS:Brown,
Eyre, Gaynor, Hanna, Kozakiewicz, Senesac andSvenson

NAYS:

ABSENT: Mead

ABSTAIN:King

The motion was approved 7-0.

d.2008-2009
Commission Budget Priorities List

It was moved by Senesac and seconded by Gaynor to
forward the recommendation to the City Council.

Ms. Hanna is against having the bike storage at the
tridge.

YEAS:Brown,
Eyre, Gaynor, Kozakiewicz, Senesac and Svenson

NAYS:Hanna

ABSENT: Mead

ABSTAIN:King

The motion was approved 6-1.

7.Communications

Planning
& Zoning News was received in the packet.

8.Report of the Chairman

She would like to thank
everyone who came and stayed during the meeting.

9.Report of the Planning Director

CITY COUNCIL

October
1st

ACTION

1.Site Plan No. 262 from Three Rivers
Corporation on behalf of the City of Midland Currie Golf Course, a request for
site plan review and approval for a 11,070 square foot proposed golf cart
building located at 1116 Currie Parkway.

2.Site Plan No. 266 from Wilcox
Professional Services, on behalf of The Dow Chemical Company, a request for
site plan review and approval for a 103 stall parking lot addition at 3200
James Savage Road.

October 22nd

PUBLIC
HEARNIGS

1.Midland
Greater Community Center - George
Street Vacation

2.2007
City of Midland Master Plan
and FutureLand Use Map

ACTION ITEMS

1.Site
Plan No. 264 from MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland, a request for site
plan review and approval for a 67,000 square foot proposed addition to the
Harlow Drive Building at 4005
Orchard Drive

4.Site Plan No. 271
from Greater Midland Community Center, a request for site plan review and approval
for a new parking lot, recreation fields, walking paths, playground and a
16,500 square foot curling club at 2001
George Street.

PLANNING COMMISSION

October 9th

PUBLIC HEARING

1.Site Plan No. 269 from Ron and Mike Lapham, a request for site
plan review and approval for a 3,600 square foot garden center at 1314 West Wheeler Street.

2.Site Plan No. 270 from Dow Howell Gilmore Associates,
Inc.,
on behalf of King’s Daughters and Sons of Midland, Inc., a request for site
plan review and approval for a 16,917 square foot addition at 2410 Rodd Street.

3.Conditional Use Permit No. 25, the request of Rowe
Incorporated on behalf of Thomas Spencer for a 3,494 square foot automobile filling
station with a drive up window at 6801
Jefferson Avenue on 1.8 acres.

ACTION ITEMS

1.Site
Plan No. 264 from MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland, a request for site
plan review and approval for a 67,000 square foot proposed addition to the
Harlow Drive Building at 4005
Orchard Drive

4.Site Plan No. 271 from
Greater Midland Community Center, a request for site plan review and approval
for a new parking lot, recreation fields, walking paths, playground and a
16,500 square foot curling club at 2001
George Street.

October 23rd

PUBLIC HEARINGSNone.

ACTION ITEMS

1.Site Plan No. 269 from Ron and Mike Lapham, a request for site
plan review and approval for a 3,600 square foot garden center at 1314 West Wheeler Street.

2.Site Plan No. 270 from Dow Howell Gilmore Associates,
Inc.,
on behalf of King’s Daughters and Sons of Midland, Inc., a request for site
plan review and approval for a 16,917 square foot addition at 2410 Rodd Street.

3.Conditional Use Permit No. 25, the request of Rowe
Incorporated on behalf of Thomas Spencer for a 3,494 square foot automobile filling
station with a drive up window at 6801
Jefferson Avenue on 1.8 acres.

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

September 18, 2007
Meeting

No. 07-12 – Chad Rockafellow for an area/dimension
variance to allow the construction of a new detached garage with a gross floor
area of 1,300 square feet at 4592
Bailey Bridge Road.(approved for a
1,000 square foot detached garage)

October 16, 2007 Meeting - Canceled

PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE SITEPLAN REVIEWS

None.

DIRECTOR’S NOTES

October
9, 2007 is
next the regular Planning Commission
meeting.

The public can view the Master Plan Update by accessing the City’s
website at www.midland-mi.org and
going to the Master Plan Update link on the homepage.

The annual Michigan Association of Planning
conference is scheduled for October
17-20, 2007.The conference
is being held in Traverse City
at the Grand Traverse Resort.

Planning staff would like the Planning
Commission to consider setting a public hearing to consider the proposed zoning
text amendments that have been previously identified and discussed.

Planning Commission packets are now available on-line
at the City of Midland’s
web site.Meeting agenda items are
highlighted and residents can “click” on the link to view all of the supporting
documentation.The city’s web site
address is www.midland-mi.org.

I would like to extend a welcome and appreciation to Stephen King for
his appointment to the City of Midland
Planning Commission.I hope that you find the experience both educational and enjoyable.